The Reds Acquire Outfielder Connor Joe From the padres for minor league relationshipr Andrew Moore And Cash Considiers, The Teams Annouced. Cincinnati Transferred Tyler Callhan To the 60-Day Injred List to Create a Spot on the 40-Man Roster. San Diego’s Roster Count Falls to 38.
JOE, a san Diego native who attached usd, signed with his houseown team on a $ 1mm control duering the offseason. He was Expected to Work As the Right-Handed Half of a Left Field Platoon with Jason Heyward. The Padres Tabbed Speedster Brandon Lockridge For that Role Instead, Optioning Joe to Triple-A El Paso to Begin the Season. He was recalled in Mid-APRIL and Went Hitless in Nine At-Bats. He Drew One Walk While Striking Out Six Times.
The Friars Options Joe Back Out Last Week. He Made 16 APERANCES With EL PASO, Hitting. 267/. 405/. He ha He Shulad Have a Better Path to Big League at-Bats in Cincinnati. Rece Hinds And Will BensonEach of the Were Recalled from Triple-A Louisville This Week, Are Openinging as Backup Outfielders. Starting Right Fielder Jake Fraley Has Missed Four Straight Games on Account of Calf Soreness.
Cincinnati Did Welcome Rightty-Hitting Outfielder Austin Hays Back from the injred list this afternoon. Their Primary Corner Outfielders, Fraley and Gavin LuxEach Hit from the Left Side. Joe Had A Productive. 251/.353/. He Did’s Hit Much with the Platoon Advantage (. 2330/. 314/.
This is Joe’s Second Minor Legue Option Year. The Reds Can Shuttle Him Back and Fort Between Cincinnati and Louisville for this Season and Next If He Holds His 40-Man Roster Spot for that Long. He’s Nearing Four Years of Service time and will be eligible for arbitration for at least two more years if he stickers with the Club.
MOER, who is not the former mariners mlb pitcher of the same name, is a 25-year-pader. He was, However, DRAFARED by Seattle in 2021. The Marines Inclieded Him Alongside Noelvi Marte And Edwin Arroyo As Part of the 2022 Deadline Deal for Luis Castillo. MOERE HAS Spent He Combines Big Strikeout Rates with Astronomical Walk Tallies. He did not Rank Among BaseBall America’s Write-UP of Cincinnati’s Top 30 Prospects, Though Eric lontyhagen of Fangraphs Ranked Him 22nd in the Rods’ System Just Just Last Week.
Longenhagen Wrote that Mooer’s Fastball/Slider Combination Looked Like that of a SETUP Man at his Peak, Though his Velocity Has Been Download this Season. HE’D Need to Dramatically Improving His Control to Pitch Above A Low-Leverage Role in Eighter Case. Moore Walked Upwards of 17% of Opponents Across 46 1/3 Double-a Innsates Last Year. That Resulted in a 4.47 Era Despite An Excellent 32.3% Strikeou Rate. He has surrended Five Runs (Four Earned) on Three Hits and Eight Walks with 12 Puncls Through HIS First 8 2/3 Frames This Season.
As for Callihan, His Il Transfer Was An Invitability. He broke his left arm in a nasty coliision with the left Field Wall at Trueist Park on Monday. He prumptly undryweet surgery that’ll Prevent him from doing any Kind of BaseBall Activities for Six to Eight Weeks. He Probably Won’t Be Able to Resue His Rookie Season Until August or Secreter at the Earliest.
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